Tweet According to dictionary.com, anxiety is defined as “distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune.” Based upon that definition, we don’t need to look much past our own communities to see that many people are indeed anxious. Unemployment is high, and natural disasters are all around us. The stock market [...]

Tweet The ephod was a garment worn around the high priest’s upper body that featured 23 semiprecious and precious stones on the front, each one bearing the name of one of the tribes of Israel. God gave Moses the following instructions concerning the ephod: Fasten the two stones on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod [...]

Tweet Did God really use 2,193 pounds of pure gold in the building of the tabernacle? According to Exodus 38:24 He did just that. Let me put that in 21st century economics. On the day I wrote this, the market value of gold was $1787.42 per ounce. So then,the value of those 2,193 of gold [...]

Tweet As many of you know, I am reading through the Bible in chronological order. As I go along, I write about things that stick-out at me and I call it, “With Your Latte.” And when my reading plan took me to Exodus 32:24 I literally laughed out loud.

Tweet Of the many flaws in my character (and the one that has caused the most heartache), is my need for instant gratification. As the years have gone on, my trust in Him has increased. Consequently, I tend to be more patient now than in my younger years. Still, my desire to see things happen sooner rather [...]

Tweet That’s the question that the Israelites asked themselves when they first saw the Lord’s breakfast menu. Exodus 16:15 (NLT) reads, “The Israelites were puzzled when they saw it. ‘What is it?’ they asked each other. They had no idea what it was. And Moses told them, ‘It is the food the Lord has given [...]

Tweet A passing glance at the television was my inspiration for this edition of, “With Your latte.” What I saw was a red box in the bottom right corner of my screen that stayed in that place as this particular cable news network moved from story to story. And what was in that box? at [...]

Tweet Abraham named the place Yahweh-Yireh (which means “the Lord will provide”). To this day, people still use that name as a proverb: “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.” Genesis 22:14 What do you think it means for The Lord to “provide”? Sometimes we think of God like a magician. [...]